| VEIRX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +198.68% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +11.56% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +13.87% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.83 |
| Deepest drawdown | -35.23% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-12 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 10.25% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +198.68% in total (+11.56% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -35.23% from 2020-02-12 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-5.65%), its best 2021 (+25.64%).
| Year | VEIRX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +8.36% |
| 2025 | +17.22% |
| 2024 | +15.16% |
| 2023 | +7.76% |
| 2022 | +0.00% |
| 2021 | +25.64% |
| 2020 | +3.13% |
| 2019 | +25.35% |
| 2018 | -5.65% |
| 2017 | +17.68% |
| 2016 | +5.07% |
+198.68% in total, which works out to +11.56% a year over the 10 years to 2026-10-02. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2018 — its calendar-year return was -5.65% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+25.64%).
-35.23%, from a peak on 2020-02-12 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 256 days (about 8.4 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 10.25% of its share price (as of 2026-10-02). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say VEIRX is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -35.23% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.